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Example sentences for "predeceased"

Lexicographically close words:
predacious; predation; predator; predators; predatory; predecessor; predecessors; predecessour; predecessours; predella
  1. His three sons all predeceased him, and he was succeeded in the title by his grandson, Francis.

  2. Robert de Todeni died in 1088, and, with his wife, who predeceased him, was buried in the priory at Belvoir which he had founded.

  3. He had five sons, all of whom predeceased him.

  4. General Simon married, but without issue, and his brother Alexander having predeceased him without issue, he was succeeded in possession of the estates by his half-brother, XX.

  5. Having predeceased his brother, his eldest son, in 1556, became eighth Earl of Angus.

  6. His son predeceased him, and the property came to Robert, fratri quondam Mathæi Hamilton de Melburne.

  7. He predeceased his father by nearly twenty years.

  8. They came to London for the purpose of examining the vast estate which the Lady Frances had inherited from the two sons of her father, Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, by his fourth wife, Katherine Willoughby.

  9. He may have thought and hoped that the people loved him still.

  10. This selection appears to have been dictated by the recent interment near the spot of Maria Bibbiena, the grand-niece of his friend the Cardinal, to whom he had been betrothed, and who had lately predeceased him.

  11. He predeceased his father, but three of his sons became successively earls of Bristol.

  12. All his sons predeceased their father, and when the duke died in June 1740, his titles of earl, marquess and duke of Kent became extinct.

  13. He was buried beside his wife, who had predeceased him in 1854, in the churchyard of Weinsberg, and the grave is marked by a stone slab with an inscription he himself had chosen: Friederike Kerner und ihr Justinus.

  14. He predeceased Boswell, who became a creditor on his estate.

  15. He predeceased his father, leaving a son and daughter.

  16. She bore him three sons and three daughters, and predeceased him.

  17. Roger Downes was twice married, his first wife being Elizabeth, daughter of Myles Gerard, of Ince, by whom he had a son Roger, who predeceased him.

  18. She was the daughter of Francis, Earl of Westmoreland, and married secondly, Lionel, third Earl of Middlesex, who predeceased her.

  19. Sir John died in 1713, and his son and heir predeceased him, as mentioned on the monument.

  20. He married Ellen, daughter of Sir Peter Legh, of Lyme, but this lady, who predeceased him, bore him no issue.

  21. This lady, who was some years his senior, predeceased him without having borne any issue; and when the President died he had not a child to continue his name or inherit the vast wealth he had accumulated.

  22. She predeceased her husband; when he married for his second wife Mary, daughter and heir of Thomas Orrell, of Saltersley, in Cheshire.

  23. Brandon predeceased the king by only a few months.

  24. Turki, survived or remained, it would not apply here since many of Husain's children predeceased him; Ar.

  25. Fortunately, Margaret Tudor had predeceased her son in October, 1541, and her death left one disturbing element the less.

  26. David's eldest son, the gallant Prince Henry, who had led the wild charge at Northallerton, predeceased his father in 1152.

  27. The dreadful news of her conduct irritated me so that I only, in my last will and testament, bequeathed to her what would grant the ordinary comforts of life, provided I predeceased her.


  28. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "predeceased" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.